more rugged roads. We were young
and indestructible, our bikes and cars
were similarly indestructible. “Back in
my day we used to take the Renault,
Escort and Datto 180s through dirt
tracks all through the Blue Mountains
and Kangaroo Valley. The Honda
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If the river was too deep, we picked
up the bike and carried it through the
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scaring off the crocs that came too
close.” The young ones just wouldn’t
believe us these days.
Yerranderie is a ghost town in the
top reaches of Lake Burragorang
which feeds Warragamba Dam. It was
once a silver mining town with 2000
people. The mines were worked from
around 1898 until 1928. As a town,
Yerranderie was gazetted in 1907 and
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the construction of Warragamba Dam.
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and the silver ore was carted to what
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Nattai and The Oaks to be transported
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road from Nattai is now under water
and access to the town is along the
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isn’t a bad thing. The road is fantastic
and you really are in the wilderness
when you’re venturing out there.
Having stumbled across a map of the
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looking at Google Earth for a work
project, then doing some research
on the area it looked like a great
abandoned settlement to explore.
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